Re: [PATCH] bash-completion: Print a useful error when called in a non-bash shell

On 29/07/10 17:25, Junio C Hamano wrote:

I do agree that there need to be a way to find that information for the
end users, especially for those who just use binary-packaged git given by
their distros, but this codepath is _not_ the place to do it.

How about replacing these with something simple like:

    echo >&2 "You are not running full 'bash'; exiting." ; exit 127

I take your point that this is not the place to advertise the mailing
list, although I prefer to include instructions in error messages.
Would you be amenable in principle to creating something like `man
git-bug`?  A quick search doesn't turn up any documents specifically
about bug fixing/reporting, and a man page was the first place I thought
to look.  I'll happily withdraw this patch until I can have a crack at
such a page.

quoted

+	BASH_VERSION: {$BASH_VERSION}
+	BASHOPTS: {$BASHOPTS}
+	SHELLOPTS: {$SHELLOPTS}
+	POSIXLY_CORRECT: {$POSIXLY_CORRECT}
+EOF
+	echo -n "	command line: {"
+	tr '\0' ' ' < /proc/$$/cmdline

This looks like a Linux-ism to me.

Caught red-flippered :)  I'll use `ps` next time.

	- Andrew